Sector: Equities

Message to salespeople in Asia: Just sit back and wait to be poached

French brokerage Newedge, a joint venture between Société Générale and Crédit Agricole CIB, plans to recruit at least 50 people for Asian sales in the next year. But by its own admission, procuring the right talent in this sector is a tough ask because all its rivals are poaching too. After making redundancies during the [...]

By Simon Mortlock, 4 October 2010 • 0 comments

Dispatches: GIC eyes up IPO

Singapore’s main sovereign wealth fund is close to giving the go-ahead for an initial public offering of a parcel of Asian industrial property assets that could be the biggest IPO in the city state for nearly two decades. The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is discussing valuations of between S$2.7bn and S$4bn (US$2bn and US$3bn) [...]

By anonymous, 23 August 2010 • 0 comments

IPOs are booming, so are ECM jobs

If you’re looking for a genuinely tight employment market, fuelled by real economic growth, try ECM in China. Last year China ascended the global IPO throne, accounting for 183 deals (the US managed 54) and making up 45 per cent of IPO volume, according to data tracker Dealogic. And for the first time, a Chinese [...]

By Simon Mortlock, 14 January 2010 • 0 comments